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Thinking Like an Athlete: New Ways to Improve your Conducting Gesture

Conducting and singing are both highly athletic, a balancing act of tension and relaxation. Singers absorb incredible amounts of information from conductors, conscious and subconscious. Given that, what are we showing our singers through our use of our body? Is our gesture as fluid, organic, graceful, and clear as we would like? Are we able […]

Minneapolis MN.
Albert Pinsonneault



Enhancing the Choral Art through Dalcroze Eurhythmics

This session introduces attendees to the Dalcroze approach and its application to the choral art by providing practical tools for enhancing rehearsals and performances. The goals of Dalcroze Eurhythmics are to develop and increase focus, rhythmic integrity, expression, musicianship skills, and social interaction. The presenters will demonstrate these techniques utilizing a variety of musical examples. […]

Minneapolis MN.
Richard Schnipke, Marla Butke



Embodied and Expressive: Mapping the Choral Gesture for Poised Performance

Effective choral conductors are artistic communicators with the ability to empower their singers. Body Mapping is a self-inquiry somatic (mind-body) education technique designed to teach musicians skills of self-evaluation and change for performing with sensory-motor integrity. The underlying premise of Body Mapping is the importance of understanding the neuro-physiological connections in the human body that […]

Minneapolis, NM.
Heather J. Buchanan



The Active Choir: Using West African Drumming and Dance to Augment Choral Rehearsals and Performance

Movement and activity have a well-documented positive effect on the sound of our choirs. West African Dance is a full-body, high-energy experience requiring both coordination and communication and control of the body and the mind. During this session we will examine how singers’ bodies transform during dance and how our thinking and attention are developed […]

Minneapolis MN.
Ashley “AJ” Walker, Buddy James



Building Your Vital Force— The Use of T’ai Chi Chih and Movement Techniques in Successful Conducting

A workshop utilizing T’ai Chi Chih movements will be used to find the “Vital Force” (Tan-Tien) within, featuring the centering, balance, and core-strengthening techniques needed to become a strong conductor or solo artist. There are nineteen movements involved in T’ai Chi Chih, and approximately ten will be explored over the course of three morning sessions. […]

Boston MA.
Stan Engebretson



The Engaging Choral Classroom (Kodály inspired for all ages)

This session will explore ways to kinesthetically engage and inspire singers in a choral setting. Solfège techniques, kinesthetic movement, a few warm-ups, motivation and management techniques, and word wall and brain break activities will be highlighted. This session is based on the premise that good repertoire selection has occurred, score study has informed the rehearsal, […]

Kansas City MO.
Sandy Knudson



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